Silvio Berlusconi is making his last stand as Italy goes to the polls after a
headline-grabbing campaign of extravagant promises, dirty jokes and clownish
antics on television.

The three-time prime minister is attempting an audacious political comeback in
tomorrow’s elections, despite a recent tax fraud conviction and an ongoing
trial for allegedly having sex
with an under-age prostitute.

The 76-year-old billionaire has insisted that he is overtaking the election
front-runner, the Democratic Party, but the opinion polls suggest that he is
likely to end up in second or even third place, albeit with a sizeable bloc
of MPs in parliament.